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<b>Places 2026 : 17th Workshop on Programming Language Approaches to
Concurrency- and Communication-cEntric Software</b><br>
<br>
For over a decade, PLACES has been a popular forum for researchers
from<br>
different fields to exchange new ideas about challenges to modern
and<br>
future programming, where concurrency and distribution are the norm<br>
rather than a marginal concern.
<p>Link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://places-workshop.github.io/2026/__;!!IBzWLUs!RKbUz2YMzplNZnT6hnW41zo8rAGtL1gK_KSweWbfJo-Ip99dszu3UamVK85ox5WtYF5mnye5kalaptqIiv74Gb9pbaxemXqkF3t0cW4D$" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://places-workshop.github.io/2026/</a></p>
<p>## IMPORTANT DATES</p>
Abstract Registration Due: Jan 23, 2026<br>
Submission Deadline: Jan 30, 2026<br>
Notification: Mar 8, 2026<br>
Final Version Due: Mar 22, 2026<br>
Workshop: Apr 11, 2026 in Turin, Italy at ETAPS<br>
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## KEYNOTE SPEAKER<br>
<br>
Franco Barbanera (Università di Catania)<br>
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## SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS<br>
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Submission site: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=places2026__;!!IBzWLUs!RKbUz2YMzplNZnT6hnW41zo8rAGtL1gK_KSweWbfJo-Ip99dszu3UamVK85ox5WtYF5mnye5kalaptqIiv74Gb9pbaxemXqkF1dmC4x7$">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=places2026</a><br>
<br>
Submissions are invited in the general area of programming language<br>
approaches to concurrency, communication and distribution, ranging
from<br>
foundational issues, through language implementations, to
applications<br>
and case studies. Submissions are peer-reviewed by a minimum of
three<br>
reviewers, with the aim of allocating at least one expert reviewer.<br>
<br>
Submissions must be formatted with the EPTCS style.<br>
<br>
We welcome the following types of submission:<br>
<br>
* Research papers with a maximum length of 8 pages (with no<br>
restriction on bibliography or appendices, which the reviewers are<br>
not required to read). Submitted research papers are reviewed based<br>
on their novelty, clarity, and technical soundness. They must not be<br>
submitted for publication elsewhere, and if accepted, they will<br>
appear in the PLACES proceedings.<br>
<br>
* Talk proposals with a maximum length of 2 pages (with no
restriction<br>
on bibliography or appendices, which the reviewers are not required<br>
to read). Talk proposals may present ongoing work, as well as work<br>
already published elsewhere. Accepted talk proposals will be<br>
presented at the workshop, but will not appear in the PLACES<br>
proceedings.<br>
<br>
## TOPICS<br>
<br>
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:<br>
<br>
* Design and implementation of programming languages with first
class<br>
concurrency and communication primitives<br>
* Models for concurrent and distributed systems, such as process<br>
algebra and automata, and their mechanisation in proof assistants<br>
* Behavioural types, including session types<br>
* Concurrent data types, objects and actors<br>
* Verification and program analysis methods for safe and secure<br>
concurrent and distributed software<br>
* Interface and contract languages for communication and
distribution<br>
* Applications to microservices, sensor networks, scientific<br>
computing, HPC, blockchains, robotics<br>
* Concurrency and communication in event processing and business<br>
process management<br>
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## PROCEEDINGS<br>
<br>
The proceedings of PLACES 2026 with accepted research papers will be<br>
published as a volume of EPTCS - <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://eptcs.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!RKbUz2YMzplNZnT6hnW41zo8rAGtL1gK_KSweWbfJo-Ip99dszu3UamVK85ox5WtYF5mnye5kalaptqIiv74Gb9pbaxemXqkF_n1H0CC$" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://eptcs.org/</a><br>
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## PROGRAMME CHAIRS<br>
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* Lorenzo Gheri, University of Liverpool, UK<br>
* Kirstin Peters, Universität Augsburg, DE<br>
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## PROGRAMME COMMITTEE<br>
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* Marco Carbone, IT University of Copenhagen, DK<br>
* David Castro-Perez, University of Kent, UK<br>
* Cinzia Di Giusto, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S, FR<br>
* Adrian Francalanza, University of Malta, MT<br>
* Paola Giannini, Computer Science Institute, DiSSTE, Universita’
del Piemonte Orientale, IT<br>
* Eva Graversen, Tallinn University of Technology, EE<br>
* Andreia Mordido, LASIGE, PT<br>
* Rumyana Neykova, Brunel University of London, GB<br>
* Emilio Tuosto, Gran Sasso Science Institute, IT<br>
* Shoji Yuen, Nagoya University, JP<br>
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## ORGANISING COMMITTEE<br>
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* Simon Gay, University of Glasgow, UK<br>
* Luca Padovani, Università di Camerino, IT<br>
* Vasco T. Vasconcelos, Universidade de Lisboa, PT<br>
* Nobuko Yoshida, University of Oxford and Imperial College London,
UK
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